The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Official Lyric Video)

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“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by The Rolling Stones

Producer: Jimmy Miller

Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Madeline Bell, Rocky Dijon, Al Kooper, The London Bach Choir, Jimmy Miller, Jack Nitzsche, Doris Troy, and Nanette Newman

Lyrics:

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection

At her feet was a foot-loose man

No, you can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes, you’ll find,

You get what you need I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection

At her feet was a foot-loose man

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes well, you might find,

You get what you need

Oh, yeah

Oh, baby

And I went down to the demonstration

To get my fair share of abuse

Singin’ “We’re gonna vent our frustration If we don’t, we’re gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse

Sing it to me now

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes well, you just might find,

You get what you need

Oooooh, baby, yeah

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

To get your prescription filled

I was standin’ in line with Mr. Jimmy

A man, did he look pretty ill

We decided that we would have a soda;

My fav’rite flavour, cherry red,

I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy

Yeah, and he said one word to me,

And that was “dead.”

I said to him You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes, you just might find,

You get what you need

Oooooh, yeah Woooah! Aaargh, wooh!

You get what you need, yeah

Oooohhh, baby

Oh, yeah I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man

She was practiced at the art of deception

Well, I could tell by her blood-stained hands. Say it!

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes, you just might find,

You just might find You get what you need

Oooooh, yeah

Oooooh, baby

Woooah!

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

You can’t always get what you want

But if you try sometimes, you just might find,

You just might find that you

You get what you need

Oooohhh, yeah

Oohh, tell it to me

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Official Lyric Video)”

Directed by: Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy at Yes Please Productions

Executive Producer: Julian Klein

Producers: Dina Kanner, Robin Klein

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Music video by The Rolling Stones performing You Can't Always Get What You Want (Lyric Video). © 2019 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.